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count files in directory linux

ls | wc -l

count files linux

ls | wc -l #Count files on current directory
ls path/to/dir | wc -l #Count files on specific directory path

count file linux

$ ls -l | wc -l

269

$ ls | wc -l

268

how to count files in a directory linux

# Use this command

ls /etc | wc -l

# replace /etc with the path to the directory you want to work with

count file linux

$ find /etc -type f | wc -l

2074

how to count all files on linux

for i in */ .*/ ; do 
    echo -n $i": " ; 
    (find "$i" -type f | wc -l) ; 
done

count file linux

$ ls /etc | wc -l

268